Helichrysum cephaloideum DC.

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Synonyms:	Helichrysum adscendens sensu Moeser var. cephaloideum Moeser
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Status:	Native
Description:	Erect perennial herb, up to c. 40 cm tall, growing from a woody rootstock. Stems 1-several, mostly simple, with appressed hairs. Basal leaves usually shrivelled at time of flowering, when present sessile lanceolate to oblanceolate-oblong, up to 40 cm long, grey woolly. Leaves along the stem up to 6 × 1 cm, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, decreasing in size upwards, grey woolly, particularly below. Capitula forming a dense corymbose head, up to 9 cm in diameter. Involucral bracts glossy bright yellow or straw-coloured, often brown-tipped, rarely purple-brown, c. 6-seriate, up to 6 mm long, ovate. Florets yellow.
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Derivation of specific name:	cephaloideum: "head-like", referring to the compact inflorescence of capitula.
Habitat:	In grassland and Miombo woodland.
Altitude range:	1060 - 2140 m
Flowering time:	Mar - Jul
Worldwide distribution:	Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini and South Africa as far as the Southern Cape.
Mozambique distribution:	Z,MS,M
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Content last updated:	Friday 7 April 2023
Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 30. Hilliard, O.M. (1983). Asteraceae, Inuleae, Gnaphaliinae Flora of Southern Africa 33-7-2 Pages 248 - 250. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 26. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 89.

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